'Saddam' tape urges Iraqis to evict occupiers
( 2003-08-01 16:51) (Agencies)
An audiotape purportedly from former Iraqi
president Saddam Hussein aired on Al Jazeera on Friday urged Iraqis to fight and
evict the occupiers from their country, and not to let fear intimidate them.
"Some people lost their sense of balance during the war... and afterwards.
The sense of balance will not be restored except with those who struggle in the
name of the principles that will satisfy the nation, people and God.
"Only the actions of the faithful who struggled and fought can evict the
invaders," the audiotape message said. It was dated July 28.
In another audiotape broadcast on Tuesday, the ousted Iraqi leader
purportedly said his two sons, Qusay and Uday, killed by U.S. forces last week,
died as martyrs and vowed America would be defeated.
The CIA said it believed Tuesday's tape was almost certainly authentic.
Uday and Qusay were killed in a gunbattle in the northern city of Mosul along
with a 14-year-old-boy thought to be Qusay's son and one other
man.
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